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According to the mlb.com prospect list, the Sox didn't give up a single guy in their top 20. Haha

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 11:28 AM) per Levine Phegley goes too Bruce Levine ‏@MLBBruceLevine 6s6 seconds ago Six player trade confirmed by Source Four players to Oakland Ravelo , Phegley Simien Bassett for Samardzija and Minor league pitcher I like it. All guys who are essentially blocked in the White Sox organization. The Sox traded from depth to do this deal.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 09:54 AM) Lots of days off, skip him a couple times. He pitched 122.2 innings last year, between college and the minors. Not sure exactly how hard they want to push him, but I would say 160-180 would be realistic.

I'm amazed in this day and age the 3rd player hasn't been leaked yet. Sox and A's front offices are sealed tight.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 09:48 AM) The Sox are clearly going for it in 2015. If Rodon is one of the five best starters at the end of Spring Training, he needs to be in the rotation. If not, then he needs to start at Charlotte and be on the same schedule at the Sox' #5 starter, so he can be brought up whenever he surpasses the #5. The problem with that is isn't going to be able to jump from 120-140 innings to 200+. Starting him in the bullpen or easing his workload in Charlotte would keep him fresh for the 2nd half of the season.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:34 AM) He could just be piggybacking the ESPN tweet. And more than likely is. Trayce is his colleagues son

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:11 AM) Mother f***ing SportsCenter.....I was SOO happy Danish was not included. f***sticks. He retweeted a fan saying he's happy Danish isn't traded. I believe now he's not. Or at least hasn't been told

Danish could be just being a super nice guy and congratulating the White Sox on acquiring Shark for him. He seems like he's that type. But it would definitely change my opinion of this deal. Semien and Danish is too much IMO

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:23 PM) Gregor scared me there until I got to the end of the sentence. Man. Shouldn't scare you…I would love that deal for the Sox. I am nervous it will be another top 10 prospect in addition to Semien.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:18 PM) Nick Capra told me during Instructs that Tyler Saladino, recovering from Tommy John, would prob be most ready at SS behind Alexei of course https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/542141026782048256 Kind of scary…depending on how much you like Saladino. Hopefully Anderson doesn't go bust

Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser 3m3 minutes ago Beane hints #Athletics likely to make at least one more move in next day or two. Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser 2m2 minutes ago Beane confirms #Athletics targeting young shortstops in deals. After the Passan tweets…seems like Semien for Shark is agreed upon. What is the holdup?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 07:52 PM) Jeff Passan @JeffPassan Sources: If the White Sox do deal for Jeff Samardzija, return would be Marcus Semien and prospects. A's would slot Semien in at shortstop. Wite's fears confirmed….

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 07:41 PM) FWIW: Per @BiertempfelTrib , #Pirates tried to acquire Jeff Samardzija and John Danks, but there was no match. #MLBNHotStove lol wut

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 03:50 PM) I think both will rebound from different injury scenarios. However, I think Masterson will be cheaper. Yeah I am frankly surprised more people aren't interested in taking a flyer on this guy as a 4th-5th starter/justification for keeping Rodon down until he hits super 2 status. Did Paulino traumatize you guys that badly?

I am trusting Rick Hahn has the long term picture in mind here because three things scare me about this potential deal. 1) Cost of the talent going to Oakland. Obviously hot debate about Semien's future but if Anderson is going back I am not going to be happy. Would be Semien plus others even if Anderson isn't included. 2) Would he sign an extension with us? This is key because then it would lock up Sale/Q/Shark/Rodon for the next four years. 3) Finally, what is the price of said extension? If he wants 120 million plus, I would agree with the other posters who are in favor of just going out and getting Shields/Scherzer. If Hahn can navigate those three things, give minimal value in terms of players and sign him to a reasonable extension, I would be ecstatic about this move. However, that is a lot of uncertainty.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 02:22 PM) masterson has meetings with white sox, red sox, marlins maybe cubs and more. kc, sf & minn also in. http://t.co/HwPeSd9zTj https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/542050439089225728 Would love to see this happen.

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) Do we have any reason to suspect that Anderson knows the details of the potential trade? It always seems to me that players are caught off guard when they are traded. Could it be that he is just getting himself all worked up because he keeps seeing his name mentioned? Probably the latter. But I have a crazy conspiracy theory that even though Beane keeps publicly denying it he would grant a window for an extension, the players in the deal are agreed upon and the Sox have been off the record negotiating with Shark. Which would explain the smoke, the hold up, and the cryptic tweets.

Tim Anderson ‏@TimAnderson7 22s23 seconds ago I Was Taught To Be a Man, Stand On My Two Feet Like a Man. #Ready4unexpected f***

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) But of course, just signing James Shields for comparable money while holding Alexei makes us even better than that. Maybe Hahn and the White Sox just like Shark more long term than the current free agents and the prices they are going at? Crazy idea I know. Let's say Shark signs a 5 year 110 million dollar deal with us, the Lester bidding is going into the 7th year and 150 million plus and god knows what Scherzer is going to get. I haven't heard much about Shields admittedly.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 01:32 PM) Milb take on what package required for acquiring samardzija and cole hamels. http://m.milb.com/news/article/20141208103419720/ "White Sox: Micah Johnson, Trey Michalczewski, Nolan Sanburn" I think I would be OK with that deal considering I do not think Hahn would acquire Shark unless he was very confident in resigning him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 11:49 AM) Semien going to Oakland makes a ton of sense and I hate it because Semien is probably my favorite young player in the system right now. Better than Anderson though...If Anderson is involved I will not be pleased.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 10:03 AM) The White Sox will know before the trade whether they can lock him up or not. Samardzija has all kinds of links to Chicago which I am sure the White Sox are aware of. I think in the end he hated being part of a rebuild at Wrigely and that was as big a reason as any for not signing long term. I hope you are right. Otherwise a deal for him wouldn't make a lot of sense with what Hahn has been preaching.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 5m5 minutes ago The San Diego #Padres looming as the most likely destination for #Dodgers Matt Kemp, offering Yasmany Grandal and one other player to LA Looking like Kemp is going to be gone. Grandal was another rumored target.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) I have a lot of family who are Tigers fans and every single one of them hates Coke with a passion. I think every bullpen needs at least one guy to irrationally hate all year long. Even relievers that have excellent ERA's can seemingly give up tons of runs if they allow inherited runners to score and any failure is magnified by the situation.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 09:27 AM) If they are pursuing both Robertson and Gregerson, I could see them offering Webb or even Petricka in a trade. I don't think so. The bullpen was just bad last year and we have a lot of meaningful innings to fill.